Savory & Sweet

Monday I had a great lunch at Clementine, but since I was with a coworker, I don’t have any pictures! I DID have an amazing sandwich that I can’t wait to eat again or try to replicate on my own: roasted sweet peppers with mashed chickpeas, organic heirloom tomatoes, salsa verde and arugula, served open-faced on toasted whole grain bread. Doesn’t that sound heavenly?! It was!

The day passed relatively quickly, and I made it to the gym for some interval action on the elliptical. I picked up dessert on my way back from the gym and didn’t even want dinner! I compromised by eating a yam first (hey, that’s a compromise in my mind!!) before digging into my Yogurtland.

Chocolate, coconut, strawberry and PB froyo with fruit and candies!

Breakfast this morning was a yogurt mess, without too much fun fruit. I’m out of mango and strawberries sadly!

I got SO hungry around 11:30 and dug into a white nectarine. It was a little crunchy but I like it that way!

The fruit held me over a wee bit longer until I reached the “official” office lunchtime of noon. Today I had whole wheat pasta shells with veggies and corn on the cob that was leftover from Sunday night. It was delicious but a tiny bit awkward eating corn at my desk! I was trying so hard not to obnoxiously crunch :)

The day went sooooooooooo sloooooooooooooowly and I almost didn’t make it to the gym but convinced myself to go and ended up banging out a great hour on the elliptical. I had a super healthy meal in mind but a wicked craving for pizza that won over, so it’s a good thing I hit the gym! I whipped up my quick homemade dough, divided it into three, and used one piece to make a personal pizza. I was in the mood for a few different tastes, so I ended up doing half tomato sauce/cheese/peppers/red onion/basil, one quarter cheese-less with peppers/red onion/hot pepper flakes, and one quarter acorn squash with pear. Yup, you read that right!!

Today I saw a great savory grilled cheese and pear sandwich featured on The Biggest Diabetic Loser that stuck in my mind all day! This sammie was my inspiration to make a sweet/savory section with squash and pear that tasted FABULOUS!!!

The other slices were pretty good too :)

For whatever reason, pizza always prompts my sweet tooth, so I had a Skinny Cow fudge pop and a handful of M&Ms. Seriously good thing I made it to the gym, right?!

I love the pizzas you make! You make it seem sooooo easy. And that pear and cheese combo looks extra yummy. BTW, I know how you feel about trying to be quiet while eating your corn on the cob. It took me weeks to build up the courage to eat baby carrots at my desk at work ;)

dude that yogurt mess caught my eye. yum! haha, i am eating at my desk as i type this, i hate it when people walk in and i am eating! luckily nobody else is in my office or i would be paranoid about the crunch of it all. i love that creative pizza!! pears+goat cheese is one of my fave pizza combos.

That pizza looks amazing!!!! I tried to make my own pizza crust the other night and it turned out alright, but not fabulous. That sweet/savory part sounds awesome!!!!
I’m back to posting so I can’t wait to get back in touch with you!!!! Hope all is well!

Yogurtland is my favorite fro yo place in the whole whole world!! Have you tried the taro flavor before?? That stuff is awesome….I dreamed about it after I left California last December. hahahha

Kate your lunch looks AWESOME! I hate eating at my desk sometimes too cuz you can’t really be yourself. People are always either looking over to see what you’re eating or pretending they’re not peeking when they really are! hahahah

And ahh, I could never get sick of your pizzas, and you’re always changing it up for us! ;) I mean…..i’d expect pineapple as a topping….but never a pear! I’m sure it’d be amazing with goat cheese or somethin’ !!

ha – got your message on my blog…by no means should you boycott deano’s pizza but it IS funny the discrepency, non? i think the lady was ultra crabby b/c it was close to closing time. i’ll catch her on a better night. but your were right – the veggies (the handful i had) were delish!